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Summer Warmth Returns
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Get ready for it to feel more like summer!. Temepratures are gradually on the rise compared to the past few days, with highs for the next week in the 80s and 90s. Skies stay mostly sunny for Wednesday with a high near 86 degrees. The...
City of Fort Wayne to host car show Friday in support of YMCA youth program
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The City of Fort Wayne will host a renaissance car show on Friday for Flag Day, with proceeds supporting the Renaissance Pointe YMCA youth services program. The event will be held from 5-8 p.m. at the Renaissance Pointe YMCA, with show car registration opening...
‘Sandcastles for Sloan’: Campaign raises awareness for beach safety after Fort Wayne family’s tragedy
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A campaign is being held in honor of Sloan Mattingly, a 7-year-old who passed away on Feb. 20. The sheriff’s office said the Hoosier family – the sister, brother and their parents – was on vacation at the beach when tragedy struck.
Sections of Illinois Road closing tomorrow for gas-main repairs
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - NIPSCO will conduct a gas-main-leak repair closing Illinois Road tomorrow. The natural gas company will close the section of road between Hillegas Road and South Illinois Road on June 13th, with an anticipated completion for the same date. The Right of Way Department will take...
2 separate crashes tie up afternoon traffic on I-69 in west Fort Wayne
ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – Two crashes caused a traffic jam Tuesday on Interstate 69 on Fort Wayne’s west side. One of the crashes happened between IN 14 and Bass Road sometime around noon. That’s near mile-marker 306.2. Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) estimated the lanes would be blocked for about an hour.
PETA to protest Fort Wayne BBQ RibFest this Thursday
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - PETA will be protesting the upcoming Fort Wayne meat-inspired festival. The Fort Wayne BBQ RibFest will hear the squeals of those enjoying their day and those of pigs off to slaughter. The RibFest, held at Headwaters Park, 333 South Clinton Street, will be the target...
Police arrest attempted murder suspect after Kyle Road standoff
Fort Wayne Police have arrested a 17-year-old on attempted murder charges following a standoff near Waynedale. Police arrest attempted murder suspect after Kyle Road standoff. Fort Wayne Police say the 17-year-old suspect is wanted on attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting near Weisser Park Elementary on May 20th.
Standoff leads to arrest
A police standoff of more than three hours resulted in the arrest of a 33- year-old man. According to a release from the Huntington County Police Department, at approximately 9:35 p.m. June 3, Huntington Central Dispatch received information that Nathan Lee Fugate, a 33-year-old white male, was located at 248 Roche St. in Huntington. Fugate had outstanding warrants for his arrest which were issued out of Allen County.
South Bend man sentenced to 80 years in prison for McClellan Street murder
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - The South Bend man arrested after being accused by FWPD of shooting and killing another man three years ago in the city was sentenced to prison today. Three years after Robert Dashon James, 35 South Bend, was arrested for the accusations made against him that...
Middle Waves Music Festival returns to Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Middle Waves Music Festival returns to Parkview Field this Saturday, June 15. This year’s lineup is Overlook, Murder by Death, Pom Pom Squad, Houndmouth and the headliner is Alvvays. This is the first year the Embassy Theatre is in charge of the event and...
Preservationists tout Indiana college’s legacy of flaunting slavery laws
LANCASTER, Ind. (WISH) — Situated a few miles north of the Kentucky state line in Lancaster, Indiana Eleutherian College was founded in 1848 by anti-slavery Baptists. Jan Vetrhus, president of Eleutherian’s board of directors, says the founders believed formerly enslaved Blacks couldn’t be truly free unless they were educated.
Bridge of Grace celebrates new facility in southeast Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Bridge of Grace held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening of its new facility that took more than two years and nearly $18 million to complete. The new facility is the culmination of Bridge of Grace’s HOPE Unleashed funding campaign that...
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